Wednesday, September 1, 2010

A Whole Buncha Staff: Another Loss, Frenchy Traded, Duda and Mejia Come Up and Multi-Year for Dickey

How things have changed in 48 hours...

After the Mets were man-handled for a second consecutive day by the Braves 9-2 (box score) and Philly beat the Dodgers 8-4, the Mets seem to be done. Any lingering hope that the Mets would make a run and make this season interesting has died over these past two days as the Braves continue to show the Mets what a good team looks like. It's not worth lingering on this game because more important things have since happened...

First off, Jeff Francoeur was traded to Texas for Jaoquin Arias. Arias is a utility infielder and probably was worth it in as much as the Mets got SOMETHING back for Frenchy. And for the record, I still really like Frenchy, and would love nothing more than to see him win a ring with the Rangers. Most because if the Rangers win that means the Yankees, Phillies and Braves won't win. Regardless, I hope Frenchy can turn it around down there, he seems like a hard worker and a guy who really wants to win. I'm just upset he couldn't win, and produce, here in New York.

As I first discovered on rotoworld, the Mets have promoted by Jenrry Mejia and Lucas Duda. I like it, keep the kids coming and let Duda play. I think the next move is getting rid of Jerry and let the building towards next season begin...

And finally, according to Andy Martino of the Daily News, here, the Mets are willing to talk about an extension with Dickey in the off-season. This is dangerous to me. While I am down for the Mets bringing back Dickey, as he's been awesome this season, I'm afraid. The Mets have saddled themselves with some bad contracts in the past few years, so while I want Dickey back, I don't want him back if it's going to hold the team back in the future. The Mets should make a deal with Dickey, but it sure as hell better be reasonable, and most importantly, tradeable should they need to move him...

I just look at what happened with Perez and Castillo and see that potentially happening with Dickey. At the same time, he's been awesome and deserves to get a new contract and a good one. If the Mets re-up him, I think the rotation for next year is probably set with Santana, Pelfrey, Niese, Dickey and Mejia.